By Eric Stevick
Troopers believe a Bothell woman was impaired and driving with a suspended license when she was involved in a head-on crash that left a Lynnwood woman with serious injuries.
The crash occurred around 6 p.m. July 2 on Highway 525 in Lynnwood.
The suspect, 34, was driving southbound on the highway when she swerved to try to avoid a pickup in front of her. Her Honda struck the driver’s side of the pickup before crossing a raised concrete median, according to an accident report. Her car then went into the northbound lanes where it slammed into a Mercedes-Benz driven by a Lynnwood woman, 61.
The Lynnwood woman suffered serious injuries, including multiple fractures to her right ankle that will require multiple surgeries, the Washington State Patrol wrote in court papers.
A trooper wrote that he smelled intoxicants on the woman’s breath. A blood sample was taken but results were not included in the court papers.
The suspect also was injured and spent time at Providence Regional Medical Center Everett. She used a walker during a Friday court appearance. Bail was set at $5,000.
While looking inside her purse for her identification at the hospital, troopers allegedly found a marijuana pipe with burned residue and a bottle of antidepressants.
